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Having the best furniture and the most elegant curtains, classic china and silver ware, most comfortable beds and luxurious bathrooms. This sounds like the perfect home, inside. What does the outside look like? The outside of your house is just as important as the inside. It isn't just the first thing people see but it's also a place that you make as homely as the inside is.
The simplest thing you can do is have a nice garden (which you have to maintain too) and a few plants here and there. That again is the simplest, most extravagant which we all would love is a pool and a BBQ area and swings and a fountain and a jacuzzi and a bar and a trampoline even! But that way extravagant and no need to mention expensive. So what are some simpler things we could all get done? Here's the list.
To keep your lawn nice and green, you can aerate it, you know you need to do this if you have instant pools in the garden every time it rains. Aerating the grass will compress the soil so water can reach the roots. Also feed your grass, it doesn't take care of itself. If you cut back on fertilizer late in the summer you'll prevent perennials from wasting energy on leaf production. Applying high-phosphate mix to the lawn in autumn will encourage the roots to turf green early in spring.
Keeping the grass at it's best is the best thing you can do to keep the outside looking nice and clean, after that the designing is up to you. You can hire a contractor to do simple things outside your home like some landscaping around the plants, or have a nice little patio mad at the back of the house, some roofing and you have a little picnic area. All you need is the BBQ grill and some furniture.
Also make sure furniture you buy is meant for the outside as weather may ruin indoor meant furniture. Keep all the furniture clean and waxed with cleaners again meant for outside furniture. If you're getting one of those inflatable pools then have the area checked for safety. It would be horrible if you put the pool up then it comes down while you're in it!


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Wish Light Grey New Trend Italian Semi Aniline Leather Corner Sofa With Adjustable Headrests RHF, Other colours available
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Semi-Aniline Leather
Semi-aniline leather sits between corrected grain and fully aniline leather. It is often manufactured from better-quality hides with fewer natural markings. Unlike a corrected grain leather, the surface is not buffed or corrected, so some natural markings may still be visible. Aniline dye is predominantly used to colour the leather, and a thin pigment coating is then applied to its surface. A much thinner coating of pigment is used on semi-aniline leather to allow the natural beauty of the leather to show through.
We use Softouch leather match on the lower sides and back of our sofas. This is polymer-based material and has an embossed grain very similar to leather. With huge innovations in this technology over the last couple of years, colour matching is virtually identical to the leather used.
Pocket Sprung
Pocket springs are manufactured from individual high tensile steel springs, wrapped in their own pocket of fabric. A fabric pocket is used to cover each spring so unlike other spring systems this allows them to slide up and down independently.
Every time you get up from a pocket sprung sofa the springs expand, maintaining the shape of the seat cushion.
A sofa using pocket springs will last longer than a sofa using a lower quality block foam interior. Block foam can break down with time and lose support. With a pocket spring system, you will receive consistent support throughout the life of the sofa.
Hardwood Frame
Our sofas are constructed using a Hardwood Frame. You'll notice this if you ever come to move the sofa! They are very heavy and each one is glued and screwed with dowelled joints that provide superb rigidity.
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All sofas come complete with a standard 5-year structural warranty for your peace of mind.
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Premier Care is designed to make sure that your furniture's appearance is not spoiled by everyday accidents such as household spills, rips, tears or burns. Premier Care provides you with peace of mind that repair costs and stain removal are taken care of. Stains Cover - Covers you against accidental household spills resulting in a stain on your leather or fabric upholstery.
Accidental Damage Cover - Guards you against accidental resulting in a rip, tear or burn to your leather or fabric upholstery. Leather is also covered for scratches, punctures or scuffs. Structural Defects Cover - Covers the cost of materials and labour for any structural defects after the initial manufacturer's guarantee period has ended, offering you peace of mind for five years. Please contact our sales team to add this additional warranty.
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In the period October 1980 - May 1981, five young men, all active homosexuals, were treated for biopsy-confirmed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia at three different hospitals in Los Angeles, California. Two of the patients died. (Morbidity & Mortality Weekly Report, 6/5/1981.)
With that statement, the CDC's MMWR published the first clinical reports of what would become known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. The report documented five cases of young homosexual men who had developed Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, a type of pneumonia that at that time was "almost exclusively limited to severely immunosuppressed patients," such as older patients or those receiving cancer chemotherapy. Although the report noted that the "patients did not know each other and had no known common contacts or knowledge of sexual partners who had had similar illnesses," it stated, "The fact that these patients were all homosexuals suggests an association between some aspect of a homosexual lifestyle or disease acquired through sexual contact and Pneumocystis pneumonia in this population" (MMWR, 6/5/1981).
Because of this early belief that somehow this new disease was connected to homosexual activity, the CDC first named the disease GRID, an acronym for Gay Related Immune Deficiency. Although this name was used only for a short period of time, being replaced by the name AIDS by August of 1982, this early stigma of a new disease fueled by the rampant homophobia of the early 1980s defined the early years of the epidemic. One early quote in The New York Times on July 3, 1981, by then-CDC spokesperson James Curran summed up the public perception at the time. "'The best evidence against contagion,' he said, 'is that no cases have been reported to date outside the homosexual community or in women.'"
Although within five months of the first report by the CDC, cases of AIDS were being reported in other risk groups such as injection drug users and Haitian immigrants, it was the gay and lesbian community that first took action to provide care and treatment to those living with the disease. Among the first to respond was New York playwright Larry Kramer. On the web site of the American Foundation for AIDS Research (AmFAR), he reminisces on the efforts that led to the creation of the first AIDS service organization, GMHC.
"We arranged for [Dr. Alvin Friedman-Kien of New York University] to come and talk -- here in my apartment -- to about 80 people who we were able to round up. If you were willing to listen to him, what he had to say was pretty scary. It seemed that the sensible thing to do was to spread the word that something was afoot, and that it might be wise for us to consider being more careful sexually -- Alvin said at that very first meeting that he thought the disease might very well be spread sexually. Over the next six months we had some totally unsuccessful fund-raisers and we distributed material that Larry Mass wrote, laying out in a very straightforward fashion the little that was known and suggesting that caution was something you might consider. But already there were a lot of people up in arms, accusing us of being alarmists.
"By January of 1982, things were obviously getting much worse, and I decided that we should become a more official organization and escalate our activity. So I called a meeting with six of us: Larry Mass; Paul Popham, who had already lost several close friends; Paul Rapoport, a rich real estate man who had lost his lover; Nathan Fain, who was a journalist and a friend of mine; and Edmund White, the writer, because I thought his name would help us get attention. At some point, Paul Rapoport said something like, 'Gay men certainly have a health crisis,' and I said, 'Let's use that for our name, Gay Men's Health Crisis.' And awkward as it was, that's what it became. It was useful because it announced the problem and it also showed that this was an attempt at community empowerment, that gay men were actually trying to help themselves. Paul Popham was elected the first president, and we chose a board of directors. And so was GMHC born."
By 1983, the response to the growing AIDS epidemic was shifting into high gear. By March of that year, Larry Kramer penned what many consider to be the first public call for increased awareness and activism around AIDS in a piece he wrote for New York Native entitled "1,112 and Counting."
The article begins, "There are now 1,112 cases of serious Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. When we first became worried, there were only 41. (In only twenty-eight days, from January 13th to February 9th [1983], there were 164 new cases -- and 73 more dead. The total death tally is now 418. Twenty percent of all cases were registered this January alone. There have been 195 dead in New York City from among 526 victims. Of all serious AIDS cases, 47.3 percent are in the New York metropolitan area. These are the serious cases of AIDS, which means Kaposi's sarcoma, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia, and other deadly infections. These numbers do not include the thousands of us walking around with what is also being called AIDS: various forms of swollen lymph glands and fatigues that doctors don't know what to label or what they might portend. The rise in these numbers is terrifying. Whatever is spreading is now spreading faster as more and more people come down with AIDS."
The article ends with these prophetic words, "We shall always have enemies. Nothing we can ever do will remove them. Southern newspapers and Jerry Falwell's publications are already printing editorials proclaiming AIDS as God's deserved punishment on homosexuals. So what? Nasty words make poor little sissy pansy wilt and die? And I am very sick and saddened by every gay man who does not get behind this issue totally and with commitment to fight for his life. I don't want to die. I can only assume you don't want to die. Can we fight together?"
Later that year, the Denver Principles, upon which organizations such as the National Association of People with AIDS and AIDS Survival Project were founded, were unveiled at the Second National AIDS Forum, which was sponsored by the Lesbian and Gay Health Education Foundation. By the end of 1983, with reported cases in Europe and Africa, the World Health Organization began to monitor what was now recognized as a global pandemic.
The next several years saw some important medical and social milestones in the history of the disease. The first needle exchange programs began operating in the Netherlands. It was determined that HIV (also known in the early years as HTLV-III) was the principal cause of AIDS. Young Ryan White, a then-13-year-old boy living with AIDS, became one of the first activists to gain renown by the general public over his fight to attend public school. And President Ronald Reagan made the first public mention of AIDS when he was quoted in September of 1985 with the following response to a question about Ryan White's efforts: "It is true that some medical sources had said that this cannot be communicated in any way other than the ones we already know and which would not involve a child being in the school. And yet medicine has not come forth unequivocally and said, 'This we know for a fact, that it is safe.' And until they do, I think we just have to do the best we can with this problem. I can understand both sides of it."
The year 1985 also marked the development of the first HIV test and a major awareness of the disease in the mainstream community with the death of Rock Hudson in October of that year. AZT had entered clinical trials as the first medication to show efficacy against HIV, and screening of blood supplies both here and abroad were beginning to be routine.
In Georgia, the response mirrored that of the rest of the country. The first of our AIDS service organizations were formed in this time. AID Atlanta was the first, in 1982, with organizations such as Outreach, Jerusalem House and the Grady Infectious Disease Program to follow in later years. It should also be noted that while we continue today to speak of the epidemic among African-Americans, women and heterosexuals as the "changing face of AIDS," in 1986, we heard the first warnings that this disease was not the disease of gay white men as so many believed. Dr. Roger Bakeman of Georgia State University, along with other researchers from Clark Atlanta University, Morehouse School of Medicine and local infectious disease specialists in private practice, wrote a letter to the New England Journal of Medicine showing that their analysis of AIDS statistics from the CDC indicated that AIDS was already having a disproportionate impact on the African-American community.
By the end of 1986, 85 countries had reported 38,401 cases of AIDS to the World Health Organization. By region, these were: 2,323 cases in Africa; 31,741 cases in the Americas, 84 cases in Asia; 3,858 cases in Europe; and 395 cases in Oceania.
|Resources for More About the History of AIDS in the First Five Years
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Couponing is the easiest and smartest way to clip your way to big savings. If you're very good at it like some bloggers are, you may go home with a bag full of free groceries every time you visit the store. Sure it maybe an extra can of tomato sauce or tuna you may not need at the moment, but stocking up your pantry with food won't exactly hurt your budget.
Growing up we may remember our moms clipping away at flyers and newspapers for rebates. Today, all we need to do is go online and find printable and reedemable coupons.
With the economic downturn, there's no shame in becoming quite frugal or crazy with the coupons, as you might have notice coupons have an interesting way of popping up on the internet- you have these extreme couponing sites, your fave mommy blogs and online deal sites like cheapsally.com to thank for! These sites update you with their latest coupon finds on the web, they even have digital coupon holders where you can sort the value of your coupons and best of all, you can even go out and trade coupons with other pennypinching bloggers.
Bloggers may also stretch their dollars not just on food, but on personal hygiene products and other wares. In the long run, the money you save through couponing, can free up your wallet to buy items you really need.
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Nearly two-thirds of respondents to this week's RBJ Daily Report Snap Poll disapprove of President Barack Obama's performance during his first term in office. The plurality—44 percent—say they strongly disapprove.
On Monday, Obama will be sworn in for his second term. Four years ago, when he took the oath of office as the nation's 44th president, his biggest immediate challenge was confronting the country's most severe financial and economic crisis since the Great Depression. Now his top looming challenge is to reach an agreement with Congress to raise the country's $16.4 trillion federal debt ceiling; failure to do so, some economists say, could lead to another financial crisis and recession. Obama wants lawmakers to increase the nation's borrowing limit without linking the action to spending cuts.
More than two-thirds of respondents are opposed to Congress raising the nation's debt ceiling without tying the increase to spending cuts. Some 88 percent of Republicans are opposed, compared with 37 percent of Democrats.
In a new Washington Post-ABC poll of Americans, 58 percent of respondents said the debt limit and spending cuts should be treated as separate issues.
A majority of RBJ Daily Report readers in January 2009 thought Obama would do an excellent or good job as president. In this week's poll, 53 percent of respondents expect Obama to do a poor job in his second term. Among respondents who said they are Democrats, 40 percent think he'll do an excellent job, compared with 13 percent who answered poor. By contrast, 71 percent of Republicans say Obama will do a poor job, and just 4 percent say he'll do an excellent job.
In the Washington Post-ABC poll, 53 percent said they were optimistic about the policies Obama will pursue in his second term.
Roughly 890 readers participated in this week's Snap Poll, which was conducted Jan. 14 and 15.
Overall, what is your opinion of President Barack Obama's performance during his first term in office?
Strongly approve: 11%
Approve: 26%
Disapprove: 20%
Strongly disapprove: 44%
Among Republicans:
Strongly approve: 3%
Approve: 13%
Disapprove: 24%
Strongly disapprove: 61%
Among Democrats:
Strongly approve: 31%
Approve: 51%
Disapprove: 8%
Strongly disapprove: 10%
What are your expectations for Obama's second term?
He will do an excellent job: 15%
He will do a good job: 18%
He will do a fair job: 15%
He will do a poor job: 53%
Among Republicans:
He will do an excellent job: 4%
He will do a good job: 7%
He will do a fair job: 19%
He will do a poor job: 71%
Among Democrats:
He will do an excellent job: 40%
He will do a good job: 38%
He will do a fair job: 8%
He will do a poor job: 13%
Should Congress raise the nation's debt ceiling without tying the increase to spending cuts?
Yes: 30%
No: 70%
Among Republicans:
Yes: 12%
No: 88%
Among Democrats:
Yes: 63%
No: 37%
What is your political affiliation?
Democratic: 20%
Republican: 34%
Non-affiliated: 39%
Other: 8%
It's hard to see how Obama can lower the bar much further, but I'm confident that he'll find a way.
—Jeff Luellen
Given the conditions he inherited, he did a good job during his first term. There are some issues I wish he had pushed harder for, like ending the war and achieving a single-payer health care system. Since he doesn't need to worry about re-election, perhaps he can push harder for greater reform. I'd like to see a strong push for campaign finance reform, a very large reduction in military spending and sharper focus on education reform. I'd like to see him lead Congress to becoming more bipartisan and less intransigent on all fiscal issues.
—Frank Orienter, Rochester
People don't seem to understand that the debt ceiling has nothing to do with future spending. It pertains to the money that Congress has already spent through legislation. Now they have to pay it back. It has nothing to do with the president, either. He cannot spend money; only Congress can. They spent it; now pay for it!
—J. Brown, Rochester
The overwhelming support shown by this last election has given our president a mandate to see through on his policies. Still, I believe that the character of this great leader will show through as he works across the aisle and works with members of both parties to improve our economy and restore the world's respect for peace, justice and the American way! Then, I expect he will announce that pigs will fly, my tax refund is in the mail and everyone will be guaranteed a job.
—Bill Lanigan
The answer to the question of whether Congress should raise the debt ceiling "without tying the increase to spending cuts" lies within the 14th Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. It is very clear and it reads as follows: "Section 4. The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned." It appears to me that if Congress is to do its job properly, they must raise the debt ceiling separate and apart from all other issues and then deal with future spending cuts. The purpose of this amendment is obvious: America should not play chicken with its good faith and credit.
—Joe Leone
Why would round two be any different? Where are the checks and balances?
—Joe Dattilo
The best contribution this president can make during his second term is to resign from office. His incontinent spending habits and class warfare approach to problem-solving are bankrupting our country. The citizenry are taxed enough already. Stop borrowing and spending.
—Bill Simpson, Victor
The debt ceiling is like when your basement is full of sewage water. To fix the problem, you can either raise the floor or pump out the sewage.
—Jeff McSpadden, McSpadden Heating and Cooling Inc.
Although Congress should approve raising the debt ceiling, doing so should not be seen as support for the status quo on spending and the tax code. The bottom line is we have to pay our bills. The president has to accept that spending is a problem and Congress needs to work together to simplify the tax code and come up with an approach to reduce our country's debt. The plan needs to include spending cuts and closing tax loopholes. I hear every day about a balanced approach. A balanced approach is not $2 or $3 of tax and $1 of spending, or vice versa. All 536 of our federally elected officials continue to prove their dysfunction. Politics needs to find its way to the back seat and our elected officials need to put their love for this country back up front. These people are running for office the day after they are elected, and that is part and parcel to the problem. I believe term limits to be a key role in getting Congress to focus on working toward solutions and being less focused on politics.
—Rob Anderson, president, Anderson-VanHorne Insurance & Financial Services
President Obama left no footprints in his first term, aside from the health care law. The job requires sustained effort across a multitude of fronts, and he didn't look equal to the task in his first term. Hopefully he can hit a stride in the next year or two.
—Alex Gilchrist
Debt ceiling brouhaha is a Republican red herring. Debt ceiling was raised many times during W.'s terms, and we never saw it in the news.
—C. Lewis, Perinton
I think President Obama will attempt to reach out to the Republicans to address the nation's debt. I do believe the extremes of both parties will make this very difficult. President Clinton often says the art of negotiation is to find those things you can agree upon and build on that. We now seem to find the things we disagree upon and go downhill.
—Al Schnucker, Schnucker Packaging Inc.
I expect the following in Obama's second term: Lack of willingness to compromise resulting in gridlock that he will blame on the Republicans; continued huge deficits that without spending cuts will force Obama to redefine who the "wealthy" is from those earning above $400,000 to something lower, perhaps $100,000 per year or less, so that their taxes can be increased; the EPA unleashed on the global economy that will harm it significantly.
—Mike Kaser, Penfield
Obama is economically illiterate yet he demands we let him spend any amount he wants on whatever, and put it all on a credit card with no limit. Democrats comply by passing "continuing resolutions" and haven't the guts to propose a balanced budget or any spending cuts. We should all just quit our jobs and sign up government checks, food stamps, welfare, disability, free HUD housing, Obamacare and Obamaphones—wait, 51 percent already have, which is why he has a second term!
—George Thomas, Ogden
U.S. Constitution, Amendment 14, Section 4: "The validity of the public debt of the United States, authorized by law, including debts incurred for payment of pensions and bounties for services in suppressing insurrection or rebellion, shall not be questioned."
—Ken Maher
Due to gerrymandering of election districts, Congress is increasingly polarized. Even when a majority of people in the nation want action in a particular direction, this dysfunctional Congress doesn't act, and gerrymandered districts protect the re-election of people unwilling to come together to serve the common good.
—Carolyn Phinney, Rankin, Phinney Rankin Inc.
Spending money we don't have is what put us in this situation. Spending must be cut back.
—Tom Walpole
There are two things I want from Obama: 1). Continue W.'s terror war strategy, even if it has to be branded differently to the rest of the world and W. haters. 2) Understanding of our modern monetary theory where our fiat currency allows us not to be spending restrained. Creating conditions for economic growth (JOBS) is important…not debt and deficits, which don't have the same meaning at the U.S. federal level as they do at city, state, business or household levels. We are NOT Greece (tied not to their own fiat currency but instead the euro).
—Eric Bourgeois, Rochester
Let's see what Sen. Obama had to say in 2006: "The fact that we are here today to debate raising America's debt limit is a sign of leadership failure. It is a sign that the U.S. government can't pay its own bills. It is a sign that we now depend on ongoing financial assistance from foreign countries to finance our government's reckless fiscal policies. Increasing America's debt weakens us domestically and internationally. Leadership means that the buck stops here. Instead, Washington is shifting the burden of bad choices today onto the backs of our children and grandchildren. America has a debt problem and a failure of leadership. Americans deserve better."
—C. Garbowski
Easily the worst president in the history of the United States. Hopefully the country can rectify his mistakes, from the doubling of our national debt to the trashing of our Constitutional rights, after 2016.
—Peter Short, Pittsford
Obama will not rest until he creates a classic welfare state where as many people as possible are dependent on the government in some major way so that "progressive" (socialistic) governments will be "elected" forever.
—Bob Worden, Penn Yan
"We the people of the United States, in order to form a more perfect union …" We cannot make important progress on multiple cultural and financial needs unless the president and Congress work together to form a more perfect union. This requires compromise and the ability to accept political, etc. pluses and minuses. If it were that simple to form a more perfect union, we and many other countries would have done so ages ago.
—Mike Bleeg, Strategic Results
Obama is an arrogant, socialist dictator trained in Chicago-style thuggery. He hates America and wants to destroy it for his own personal gratification. His second term will be a repeat of that same abuse of America, its Constitution and his ultimate aim to destroy American values.
—Jim Weisbeck, Bloomfield
President Obama lacked experience in leading any kind of organization when he took office. Four years later he has not learned the basics of leadership and remains less than competent. He will rely on partisanship, expansion of governmental involvement in the lives of citizens and a class warfare approach to rally his constituencies in his second term. I fully expect the country to be in a worse condition when he leaves office than when he took office.
—Robert Zinnecker, Penfield
His many executive orders will further erode our rights and if he avoids congressional rights on the gun-control issues, he should be impeached ASAP.
—Daniel Mossien
Obama is a great intellect and orator, but he lacks leadership skills and does not enjoy the political aspects of the job. Louise Slaughter reputedly told him that he could become another FDR. He could, but he won't. The obstructionist Congress will undermine him all the way. My expectation is the status quo in Washington for the next four years.
—J.P. Gleason, Gleason Fund Raising Consulting
First term: Set the stage for (continued) socialism via massive increase in government spending; comprehensive government-run health care; trample the First Amendment by forcing hospitals and businesses to ignore their conscience and offer comprehensive birth control; do nothing to grow the economy. Second term: Assault on the 2nd Amendment: Pretend that guns kill people and people don't, while doing nothing about the million babies who are murdered in the womb. Raise taxes, increase spending, force more people on the government dole … continue to imperialize his presidency.
—Steve Wichtowski, Honeoye
In 2006, then-Sen. Barack Obama spoke against raising the debt ceiling citing among other reasons it's "a sign of leadership failure." Today he wants to boost the ceiling without conditions (i.e., no spending cuts). The reversal in his position speaks for itself. President Obama is a tax-and-spend president. Give the government more money and it will spend more money. Taxation without corresponding spending cuts is not the pathway to prosperity. The economy will continue to struggle as overtaxed Americans tighten their fiscal belts.
—Mark Scott
Going back as far as JFK (yes, including Jimmy Carter), I have not seen as divisive, egotistical, spiteful a president as Barack Obama. He is an empty suit with an uncompromising agenda. I expect his second term to be a disaster for both himself and the nation.
—Al Kempf, Power Eq. Co.
If Republican House members continue to act like a bunch of "brats" if they don't get his/her way, they will do nothing more than help the president and Democrats put them in a box that essentially makes them look like a bunch of "nut jobs." We need a two-party system that enables both sides to give (yes, compromise) in order for our system to work. We're almost at a point of no return.
—Pete Bonenfant
You cannot achieve a balanced budget without cutting expenses. To continue raising the ceiling only digs a bigger hole for the taxpayers to figure out at a later date. They have raised the revenue side with the increase in taxes. They now need to lower the expense to balance the debt that they have rung up on the American people.
—Timothy Maher
The secret to success in politics is low expectations. So, I think Mr. Obama's second term will be successful and we will be dazzled once again by spin and mediocrity.
—Ian Cunningham
This question is laughable! He is the most arrogant individual I have ever heard. He takes absolutely no responsibility for his own actions. And, it is always someone else's fault. He will continue to spend, tax, and take away more of our freedom. If anyone that voted for him thinks anything else, you are just kidding yourself. He is destroying this country every minute he is in office!
—Dan Morgan
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Relaxed: Bobby Thompson keeps CHS calm
In schools today, students with problems have seemingly limitless resources to help them cope. But in the late 1980s, when Bobby Thompson was teaching in Dallas, Texas, the coping mechanism of choice was still the paddle.
The mild-mannered principal of Charlottesville High School recalls with a laugh how misbehaving "big Texas farm boys" who had been sent to the school office, would doff their cowboy hat, lean their knuckles on the desk, and ask the principal to "help me burn off the tensions."
Thompson also has vivid memories of his own turn at the end of a paddle. After several consecutive days of being late in the ninth grade, he remembers, he was given the choice of a three-day suspension or "10 licks."
"No way I was going to go home and tell my parents I'd been punished," says the Lynchburg native. "I took the licks."
Shortly after graduation from Lynchburg College, Thompson began teaching sixth-grade in rural Campbell County, where to the 38 students in his class he taught everything from math to social studies to phys ed.
Today as he directs the daily life of more than 2,300 students at Charlottesville's only high school, Thompson marvels at the changes he's witnessed over the course of his career.
"Today students have an insatiable need for instant gratification," he says, "and they can have that need satisfied by the Internet.
"Imagine living through a war where 'embedded' reporters send minute-by-minute reports," he marvels.
Thompson is also impressed by students' wide ranging interests that the information revolution feeds. He eagerly enumerates the ways Charlottesville High School meets those interests, citing the school's 18 Advanced Placement courses, its award-winning band, and a fine arts program that's the envy of surrounding counties.
But Thompson's pride in the accomplishments of the students in his care is countered by dismay at what he considers the unfair image of his school in the media.
"The press try to portray us as an inner-city school," he says. "I wish they could come and spend a day and see what CHS is really like."
When Thompson describes how roughly 90 students think highly enough of CHS to pay tuition to be able to enroll, he notes, "We must be doing something right when so many parents are willing to pay to have their children come here."
But just like his students, the principal looks forward to summer vacation, particularly since it means that he and his wife can head for the beach, the second great love of his life. In fact, it was the proximity to the beach that first lured the couple back to Virginia from Dallas.
"Texas wasn't for us," he says, remembering with obvious distress a place with "no trees, no rivers, no lakes and wall to wall cement."
So when the last bell rings in June, Thompson will turn his sights to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
No doubt he'll be thinking that this is surely a much better way to "burn off the tensions."
Age: 56
What brought you here? My wife and I moved from Dallas in 1989 when I became the Buford Middle School principal.
What's worst about living here? Traffic on Rio Road and downtown parking
Favorite hangout? Bizou
Most overrated virtue? Tolerance
What would people be surprised to know about you? I enjoy bird watching in my backyard.
If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? I wish I could be more patient.
What accomplishment are you proudest of? That I have been principal at CHS for 10 years.
What do people find most annoying about you? I am not tolerant of mistakes. I get upset with people who make them.
Whom do you admire? John F. Kennedy. He brought people of all races and religions together.
Favorite book? The Bridges of Madison County
What subject causes you to rant? Unkept promises
What thrills you about life in the 21st century? Technological and medical advancements
What creeps you out about life in the 21st century? Terrorism
What do you drive? 2002 Honda Passport
What's in your car CD player right now? Robert Cray's Take Your Shoes Off
What's your next journey? My wife and I will go to Hilton Head Island this summer.
What's the most trouble you've ever gotten in? I received 10 demerits in high school for "tardies" to class. As a result, I received a paddling from the assistant principal.
What do you regret? Not moving to Charlottesville sooner
Favorite comfort food? Fried chicken
What's always in your refrigerator? Bottled water
Must-see TV? Will and Grace
Favorite cartoon? Blondie
Describe a perfect day. Sunny, about 90 degrees with slight wind, sitting on the beach at Hilton Head
Walter Mitty fantasy? To be George Steinbrenner
Who'd play you in the movie? Jack Nicholson
Most embarrassing moment? In high school I tried to sneak in the back door to a Christmas dance, only to get my foot caught in a cord and pull over the Christmas tree. I was caught red-faced and red-handed.
Best advice you ever got? Knowledge is worth giving away. Rumors are to be kept to yourself.
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|McChuckles asking me how the heck he allowed himself to be suckered into this photoshoot.
|That's right. Own it.
{all photos by the lovely Allison Tyler Jones}
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|That's right. Own it.
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|I worked for hours on this book from Paper Coterie. Love the quality.
And, as usual, thanks to cousin Delia for giving me the idea!
{Thank heavens it arrived just in time}.
|{from Aunt Steph and Uncle Nathan}
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|It would be impossible for me to live one more Christmas without these Peppermint Cupcakes that Caroline and her pal Syd whipped up on the fly. The recipe is as follows: Make a yellow cake mix, add crushed up candy canes. Bake as directed.
Frosting: your basic buttercream with a candy cane simple syrup, a titch of red food coloring, and a drop (or two) of peppermint extract.
Merry Christmas, indeed.
|The neighbors are already asking when they will receive their traditional gift of pure spun creamed honey that we shipped from Marc's family's Meyer Honey Farm in South Dakota.
It's silky sweet perfection in a tub.
|Round two.
|This year I let the girls help with their teachers' crayon wreaths.
I'm glad I relinquished absolute control over this project because 1) it saved some serious time having their help, and 2) we had fun doing it together.
I did the hanging ribbons, though...
Remember last year's wreath odyssey? Good golly.
|And, of course, the annual Wright Dynasty Christmas Caroling Extravaganza.
|Do these darling grandparents look amused, or ready to employ their tasers?
you decide.
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February 17, 2013
Book Review - Force of Nature by C.J. Box
Another American anti-hero with a shady military past and an awesome repertoire of skills, Nate Romanowski's past catches up to him in this thriller where falconry, wilderness hunting and the magnificent southern Wyoming countryside are an integral part of the story. Big old cottonwood trees by the river, red rock cliffs and everywhere a winter dusting of snow forming a backdrop to Nate's battle with his old master in a clandestine killing unit. Escapism with an arsenal, suspend disbelief and enjoy this latest of C.J. Box's muscular, tautly written series.
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- Betrayed women post details about partners' mistresses on "She's a Homewrecker" site
- Peggy Drexler: "Other women" called "life-sucking whores," "skanks" who "steal" men
- Drexler: Women never blame the men; posts seem to be attempts to regain control
- She says posting details, photos on "She's a Homewrecker" is simply cruel bullying
"The father of my child began cheating on me with this whore on July 14th, 2013," begins one post on the website "She's a Homewrecker," on which scorned women publish the names, photos and, in some cases, contact information of women with whom their husbands and partners cheated, along with detailed narratives of how the affair went down.
The website, which has 250,000 likes on Facebook, operates under the guise of offering important reader service or, as the tagline goes, "Exposing the women who choose to become involved with an involved man." Who knows if any of these affairs actually happened.
But no words are minced here for the so-called "other women" who are, invariably, "life sucking whores," "homewrecking sluts," "tramps" and "skanks" who "stole" someone else's man.
But wait -- doesn't it take two to tango? Of course it does.
Although sleeping with a married man is of questionable morality -- and that's, of course, assuming the woman is even aware the man's attached -- the job of staying faithful belongs to the man who took the vow. And yet on "She's a Homewrecker," the men get off largely scot-free. They are not named or pictured. In many cases, they are forgiven, even in cases where the man "abandoned me and my child ... He then kicked me and our baby out of the house and onto the street to be with her," as one woman writes.
Another woman writes about the "twit" who started "talking to her husband at work." After the "twit" got pregnant with the husband's baby, the woman says she and her husband fought for custody of the child and won.
She writes: "Our marriage is now the best that it ever would have been because we have worked through issues that we didn't even know we had. We are a happy family ..."
Despite this, the "homewrecker" still must pay, and does, in the form of having her name, details of her life and no fewer than six photos of herself splashed all over the site.
The fact that this site exists, and was created by women with the sole intent of bullying and shaming other women, is especially notable given the recent discussions about how to deal with the problem of "revenge porn," in which scorned people -- men, mostly -- post explicit, formerly private photos of their exes online without their consent.
States are working to criminalize both the posting of such photos and the host sites, with advocates saying that under existing law, it's nearly impossible to get remediation or the pictures removed.
Revenge porn exists to belittle and shame women and to "put them in their place." But what's happening at "She's a Homewrecker" is just as misogynistic; that it's women targeting women doesn't make it any less so.
Bullying among grown women has often happened out of public sight: undermining in the workplace, whispers during the PTA meeting. Although sleeping with a married man is of questionable morality -- and that's, of course, assuming the woman is even aware the man's attached -- the job of staying faithful belongs to the man who took the vow.
As Jennifer Aniston told Glamour magazine this summer, "We're living in a time where, whether it's the Internet or tabloids, being sh-tty has become a sport."
With revenge porn and sites such as She's a Homewrecker, the damage is tangible: intimate photos and character attacks that may turn up with a simple Google search of a person's name.
Despite the women's stories of betrayal and humiliation and the sympathy they hope to elicit, humiliation is exactly what they intend to dole out, continuing the cycle of meanness. They play the victims while making victims of someone else, bullying others in the name of "just desserts."
The whole M.O. of bullying is, of course, to gain leverage and power. At least some of the women posting on She's a Homewrecker do so, it seems, out of desperation to regain some of the control they lost when they were betrayed by their partners. But that doesn't make their retaliatory actions defensible. For one thing, it doesn't explain why the cheating men aren't taken to task.
What's happening on She's a Homewrecker is bullying. In many cases, it's illegal -- it's flush with defamatory comments -- and not without consequences.
By turning on their own gender and by encouraging a community based on judgment and fear, women sabotage their ability to develop strong female relationships. They promote the idea that other women are untrustworthy. And so, instead of finding empowerment and community just when they need it most, women who use and read sites like these will end up feeling more alone than ever.
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Submitted by Bjoseph on Mon, 06/25/2012 – 19:51
Six Ways to Look at Badging Systems Designed for Learning
Initiated by Barry Joseph, Global Kids, Inc.
Written by Barry with scores of others*
For over four years, Global Kids has developed badging systems within, after and outside of schools. We are currently designing a badging system for dozens of civic and cultural institutions within the Hive Learning Networks in New York City and Chicago, as well as throughout our organization. We have had a frontline view of the growing interest which has emerged over the past year in the development of badging systems across a wide range of formal and informal learning environments. We have also followed the rise of opposition, and sometimes confusion, about what digital badging looks like or is designed to accomplish. In this context we felt it might be useful to delineate the various interests we see aligning themselves with badges, or make distinctions amongst the different goals people have for them.
We initiated this review during March and April of 2012 in the hopes that understanding the different ways people approach badging systems, the different frames people are using, will help us all develop a more comprehensive and informed understanding of our emerging badging ecology.
Frame 1: Badges as Alternative Assessment
Badges are viewed as a vehicle for providing evidence-based assessment and correcting key flaws in the formal K-12 learning environment through a model of alternative assessment. The new interest in badges, which began tipping within a number of learning communities in 2011, developed as a response to the failings in current assessment models, as defined by Eva L. Baker's in her 2007 talk and paper "The End(s) of Testing." "My image of a Qualification," she asserted, "is a validated accomplishment, obtained inside or outside school. A Qualification means simply that, at various levels of challenge, a student has attained a certified, trusted accomplishment… Each Qualification is not a new test but an integrated experience with performance requirements." Badges become a way for youth to receive formative and summative feedback, for the learning environment to accurately understand a youth's abilities, and for those in the workforce and universities to understand a learner's abilities. With badges as assessment, or, more to the point, as a form of alternative assessment, badges exist within a network of other alternative assessment models, such as digital transcripts and ePortfolios.
Example(s): Media Masters (link here) was an after school program in 2008 at a Brooklyn-based high school in which youth produced social media projects about social and global issues. Youth earned digital literacy badges at the end of each module assessing skills development (formative assessment) and collected their badges on a final digital transcript (summative assessment). Youth then combined the two with the evidence behind them into an online, narrated portfolio.
Vital Voices: A major proponent is Cathy Davidson, co-founder of HASTAC, as seen in her blog post (Feb, 2012) "Can Badging Be the Zipcar of Testing and Assessment?" Daniel T. Hickey, Associate Professor of Learning Sciences and Research Scientist at Indiana University, posted a useful analysis of the badge proposals submit to the HASTAC competition to figure out how existing research literature on assessment, accountability, and validity is (and is not) relevant to the badge designers: (March, 2012) "Some Things about Assessment that Badge Developers Might Find Helpful"
Frame 2: Gamifying Education with Badges
In 2005, Microsoft introduced[a] the Xbox' 360 Gamerscore system, which is considered to be the original implementation of a games-based achievement system. According to Wikipedia, "in video gaming parlance, an achievement… is a meta-goal defined outside of a game's parameters. Unlike the systems of quests or levels that usually define the goals of a video game and have a direct effect on further gameplay, the management of achievements usually takes place outside the confines of the game environment and architecture." By 2007, games and learning scholars, like James Paul Gee, understood that what was being proposed by Eva L. Baker had a strong alignment with the pedagogy being modelled within well-designed video games, specifically in this area of "achievements." So, in essence, "qualifications" filtered through "achievements" became "digital badges."
Some educators see the deep engagement afforded by games and simply hope, perhaps with a hint of desperation, that adding badges will bring the same level of engagement to learning. More sophisticated educators understand both the complexity of game design and the experience of gameplay, seeking to create a badge-driven system that is informed by good game design and applies those lessons in localized and appropriate ways for learning.[1] (Some might argue these two interpretations – badges to increase engagement and badges as gamified learning environment – are distinct enough to belong in different frames, given the different roles they play in the debates over badges.) Just as badging systems can be seen as a subset of alternative assessment models and used in coordination with other approaches, such as ePortfolios, badging systems can also be seen as a subset of ways to gamify education and be used in coordination with such things as point systems and leaderboards.
Example(s): DIG/IT (link here) in 20011 was developed by LearningTimes, in partnership with the DOE's Office of Postsecondary Readiness, to develop a digital course that introduced students in transfer schools (second-chance high schools) to digital literacy skills while they develop their plans for college, careers, and life after high school, providing a relevant context in which to learn how the Internet can be used to enrich their lives. DIG/IT is described as a "a social, gamified adventure in digital life" using challenge-based "quests" and badges to recognize competencies and reward good behavior.
Vital Voices: Mitch Resnisk raises concern about badges and motivation in his blog post "Still a Badge Skeptic." David Theo Goldberg responds to Resnick in his post "Badges for Learning: Threading the Needle Between Skepticism and Evangelism". Daniel T. Hickey summarizes and re-contextualizes this debate over intrinsic versus extrinsic motivation in his post "Open Badges and the Future of Assessment."
Frame 3: Badges as Learning Scaffolding
Badges, as a form of scaffolded learning, reveal multiple pathways that youth may follow and make visible the paths youth eventually take. Scaffolding in a learning environment refers to providing guidance for youth to encounter learning opportunities that engage them at their level of ability before taking them to the next. In other words, badges not to assess or motivate, but to guide. Within an organization, that might mean using badges to provide youth a way to understand the options offered within a particular organization, customized to their current interests and abilities; e.g. introductory level badges might be pursued to unlock another set of badges. Across organizations, it might mean using badges to provide youth access to similar opportunities within their community.
Example(s): PBS KIDS PLAY! is an online learning environment using PBS content to engage and teach 3-6 years olds. Youth completing enough games to complete a learning level earn "rewards," which function like badges, and, as can be seen in the image below, are collected in one's treasure chest, where they can be taken out and displayed in one's virtual room. Their parent's guide explains how the site uses a learning scaffolding: "As your child progresses, PBS KIDS PLAY! adapts to his or her ability by automatically opening up new game levels to try. This is particularly important because once a child masters a pattern of game play, he or she begins to react in a rote way. Advancing to a higher level creates changed conditions that challenge your child to adapt to a new way of thinking. Constant challenge is part of what makes games such fun, as well as a great learning tool."
Frame 4: Badges to Develop Lifelong Learning Skills
Badges are viewed as a tool for developing the metacognitive skills required by today's youth to succeed in the classrooms, workforce, and civic spaces of the 21st Century. Badges support learners to give language to and value what they are learning, by offering names for their new competencies and providing a venue that recognizes their importance. As badging systems can aggregate the various formal and informal places youth learn, badges support learners to make connections amongst these places and develop strategies for negotiating and eventually shaping their emerging learning ecology. Badging systems also offer new communities within which participants may learn to negotiate their own learning identity, based on the theory that how well people learn and their motivations for learning are based on their identity as a learner. The 2012 HASTAC competition employed this frame in its title:
Example(s): Epstein Middle School (link here), outside Atlanta, began using digital badges in 2011 to integrate youth's learning inside and outside school to develop "executive functioning skills" and support independent learning.
Frame 5: Badges as DML Driver
Badges are viewed as a praxis to undermine the deficiencies within current learning environments and spread Digital Media & Learning practices. Badging systems require participatory learning environments, offering peer-based learning communities in which youth don't just receive badges but comment on them, share evidence around them, and more. Badging systems can reach youth throughout the Hanging Out, Messing Around, and Geeking Out framework (HO-MA-GO). Badges should disrupt existing practices. Badges should lead to a better use of digital media for learning.
Vital Voices: Concerns are well expressed by Henry Jenkins in his blog post (March 2012) "How to Earn Your Skeptic Badge" – e.g. "As someone who helped to build up the current field of Digital Media and Learning, I am concerned that, if badges start to feel too much like a 'party line,' many are going to feel excluded from the field. This has the potential to be the first major divide in a field which many of us see as our intellectual and spiritual home." A major proponent is Cathy Davidson, as seen in her blog post (Nov, 2011) "Could Badges for Lifelong Learning Be Our Tipping Point?" – e.g. "I am wondering if, a hundred years from now, some historian ploughing through the dusty data archives of the Internet, will see this moment as digital learning's tipping point." I tweeted something similar, at 1:42 PM on September 15, 2011, white at the Hirshhorn Museum during the launch of the HASTAC Competition: "Will this event someday mark the public tipping point for the Digital Media & Learning Initiative and, if so, why badges & now?"
Frame 6: Badges to Democratize Learning
Some badge systems are designed to democratize the learning process, to change who does the assessment and what affect the learners have over their learning environment. Learners can shape the content of their badging system and perhaps even the structure itself. They might propose or add new badges, or the missions required to earn them. Learners can participate in the assessment process, ranging from recommending peers for accreditation to earning the right to be the accreditor[2].
Example(s): Peer 2 Peer University describes itself as a grassroots open education project that organizes learning outside of institutional walls and gives learners recognition for their achievements. In 2011, P2P University's School of Webcraft (link here) began to integrate digital badges to create a learning environment in which everyone can be both mentor and mentee. The frame of democratizing learning can be seen throughout their June blog post, e.g. "We'll be making it easier for users to produce badges themselves." In 2012, they launched the P2PU Badge Maker, to do just that, and the tool was demonstrated within this presentation by P2P's founder, Philipp Schmidt, at the 2012 Digital Media and Learning Conference.
Vital Voices: The official Wiki for the Mozilla Open Badges infrastructure, the technology contributing to the emergence of digital badging systems, employs this frame to describe how both issuing institutions and learners are empowered by badges: in explicit contrast to schools, when "using Mozilla's Open Badges infrastructure, any organization or community can issue badges backed by their own seal of approval. Learners can then collect badges from different sources and display them across the web — on their resume, web site, social networking profiles, job sites or just about anywhere." Another examples is the post by Trent Batson, (March 2012) "Beyond the Course: ePortfolios' Value for Credentialing," which argues, in part, that the peer-review aspect of ePortfolios should be central to badging systems as well.
Towards an Integrated Frame
Should every badging system aim to address all six frames? Frankly, we can't yet know. Maybe some combinations will work out better than others. Maybe a combination that works great in one settings will fail in another. We have a lot of experimentation before us, and a lot to learn. So in the spirit of experimentation, perhaps we can presume that all six frames should always be considered, and that, for now, is the most we can expect. Perhaps some day this framework can lead to a spreadsheet, or perhaps an infographic, categorizing projects by which frames they employ.
These six frames were developed through a public collaboration on Google Docs, originally subtitled "a participatory work-in-progress." Readers added comments that corrected facts, clarified ideas, and contributed missing information. As such, the final ideas here were developed in collaboration between myself and the readers. The most significant contributions came from the following people; names are based on when they placed their comments, in reverse chronological order, and the name displayed within Google: Sheryl Grant, Anya Shyrokova, chloe, Brian Mulligan, Doug Truong, Rafi Santo, Jonathan E. Finkelstein, Leah MacVie, Bronwyn Stuckey, Alexander Halavais, benjamin.tarsa, danielthickey, and Doug Belshaw.
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New Honda Brio Introduced In Indonesia
New Honda Brio Introduced in Indonesia – Sep 13, 2013– Jakarta, Indonesia (AutoReleased) – PT Honda Prospect Motor (HPM) introduced the New Honda Brio offering "More Choices, More Excitement," in Jakarta. The New Brio variants now include New Brio 1.2 L A/T, Brio Sports 1.3 L, and Brio Satya, developed with Honda's high quality, in response to the Low Cost Green Car (LCGC) program.
Honda Brio was first introduced in Indonesia on August 2, 2012 as Honda's first offering in the City Car segment. Since its introduction, Honda Brio has been well received by customers in Indonesia, and in late 2012 became the best selling city car in the country, with 8,002 units sold. By August 2013, sales of Honda Brio in Indonesia has reached 14,914 units.
Within a year, Honda Brio has also received many awards in Indonesia: FORWOT Car of the Year 2012; Best City Car of the Year (Carmall.com); Best City Car New Comer (Autocar Award 2013); Rookie of The Year (OTOMOTIF Award 2013); Best City Hatchback (OTOMOTIF Award 2013); Best Fuel Consumption (Autobild Award 2012); Best Small Hatchback (Autobild Award 2012); and the 2nd Winner Favorite Car at IIMS 2012.
Honda Brio has established its image as a sporty and reliable city car through a variety of activities. The Brio Speed Challenge, a one-make race series has been held regularly at the Sentul International circuit with 14 racers participating. In addition, Brio Saturday Night Challenge, a driving skills race event has been held over 3 series in Jakarta and Surabaya, and gathered a total of 227 owners of the Honda Brio. This model is often used by participants in the event as Slalom and Drag Race in various regions in Indonesia.
"In just one year after its launch, Honda Brio has become one of the established models in the city car segment. Nevertheless we see there is still potential and customer demand in the City Car segment, particularly in the more affordable price segmentation," said Tomoki Uchida, President Director of PT Honda Prospect Motor. "To provide the best products for customers in this segment, we develop on Brio models by presenting new variants with more complete features at a more affordable price," said Uchida.
Jonfis Fandy, Marketing and After Sales Service Director PT HPM explains, "With new variants, Honda Brio will meet all the needs of a city car, for first time buyer or an additional car users. Due to localization of production, we can offer more complete features and also affordable prices, so we are confident this product will be well received by consumers in Indonesia."
New Brio 1.2 L AT & Brio Sports
For the first time in Indonesia, Honda introduced i-VTEC SOHC 1.2 liter 4 cylinder engine with 88 PS power, the largest in its class. Equipped with Drive By Wire (DBW), Grade Logic Control and Shift Hold Control, New Brio is not only powerful but also fuel efficient and complies with Euro 4 emission standards. New Honda Brio 1.2 LA / T uses a 5AT transmission also sporty and responsive.
For driving confidence, the Tilt Steering feature allows the driver to set the high and low position of the steering wheel to set the most comfortable driving position. Electric Power Steering (EPS) lightens the steering at low speeds, and increases stability at high speeds, allowing the driver to maneuver with agility while remaining stable on a variety of road conditions.
Compared to the previous model, the new Brio is equipped with a variety of additional features on the exterior and interior. New features on the exterior such as Fog Lamp, Rear Wiper and Rear Chrome Garnish complement existing features like Body Colored Side Mirror (Type E & S), Body Colored Door Handle (Type E & S), 14″ Alloy Wheel (Type E & S), and Tail Gate Spoiler. The interior features Audio System Double Din AM/FM, Single Disc player, MP3/WMA + USB port + Aux Input + Made for iPod (Type E), Front + Rear Speakers (Type E & S).
The new Honda Brio 1.2 LA / T is equipped with safety features such as Dual SRS Airbags, Pretensioner Seatbelt with Load Limiter and ABS + EBD braking devices. Body frame structure uses G-Force Control Technology (G-CON) + Advanced Compatibility Engineering (ACETM). New Honda Brio also has passed crash tests in the Real World Crash Test Facility Honda in Tochigi, Japan. As for safety features, new Honda Brio 1.2 LA / T is equipped with an immobilizer.
New Honda Brio 1.2 LA / T is available in 6 attractive colors, Taffeta White, Alabaster Silver Metallic, Crystal Black Pearl, Polished Metal Metallic, as well as two new colors Rallye Red, Sunset Orange II.
For customers who want a city car more sporty and powerful model, there are also variants of New Brio Sports, which sports the 1.3 liter SOHC 4 cylinder Honda i-VTEC engine with 100 PS power, the largest in the City Car class. This engine is also equipped with the same technology and features with the New Honda Brio 1.2 LA / T.
All New Honda Brio features in 1.2 LA / T is also available on Brio Sports, with some additional such as Black Sash Door Tape, and Double Din Audio System AM/FM, Single Disc, MP3/WMA + USB port + Aux Input + Made for iPod with Color Illumination, and Security Alarm.
New Honda Brio Sports is available in 6 attractive colors, Fresh Lime Green Metallic, Taffeta White, Alabaster Silver Metallic, Crystal Black Pearl, Cerulean Blue Metallic, and Rallye Red. Each color option has also been equipped with a standard stripes design adding to the sporty impression.
New Honda Brio 1.2 LA / T available with Rp 136 million to of E A/T Type, and Rp 131 million for S A/T Type*. New Honda Brio Sports is priced Rp169.000.000 for the E M/T Type and Rp 179 million for E A/T Type*.
New Honda Brio Satya, Honda's LCGC with High Quality Product
New Honda Brio Honda Satya was designed as a response to the LCGC (Low Cost Green Car) program by Indonesian government. This model is entirely produced in Indonesia with 85% local content.
As a national product, Brio Satya also carries the name and logo were created specifically for Indonesia. The name "Satya" itself comes from the Sanskrit word which means "sincere" or "faithful." Brio Satya also bears the logo that takes the form from jasmine flower, the national flower of Indonesia.
Tomoki Uchida explains that Brio Satya is a product that will make a positive contribution, not only for Honda but also for the automotive industry in Indonesia generally. "With high local content on Brio Satya, the number of local suppliers involvement also increased, while the production activity will also drive the economic and create new working opportunity," he said.
"For Honda, Brio Satya is the model with the lowest price which introduced by Honda in Indonesia. Thus, Brio Satya provides an opportunity for more consumers to enjoy a standard of quality Honda at more affordable prices," he added.
New Honda Brio Satya consists of three types: E,S, and A. These three variant use the platform and the base model as the same as Honda Brio which has been first marketed in Indonesia and has been proven toughness and popularity.
New features such as Fog Lamp and Rear Wipers are also presented on the exterior Brio Satya (Type E). While other exterior features include Body Colored Side Mirror (Type E & S), Body Colored Door Handle (Type E & S), 14″ Alloy Wheel (Type E), Power Window, Rear Bumper Garnish (Type E), Rear Wiper (Type E), Fog Light (Type E), Tail Gate Spoiler.
For the interior, in addition to offering spacious cabin with wide visibility to increase driving confidence, there are also features entertainment such as Double Din Audio System AM/FM, Single Disc, MP3/WMA + USB port + Aux Input + Made for iPod (Type E), Front + Rear Speakers (Type E & S) .
Although the price is affordable, the New Honda Brio Satya maintains a high standard of safety. All Satya Brio types are equipped with G-CON, Dual SRS Airbags, Pretensioner Seatbelt with Load Limiter, and Immobilizer.
Brio Satya is powered by a 1.2 liter SOHC 4 cylinder i-VTEC engine capable of producing 88 PS and torque of 11.1 kg.m at 4,500 rpm which is the largest in its class. A variety of cutting-edge technologies like Drive by Wire, Shift Hold Control, and Grade Logic Control are also included to increase the driving comfort and fuel efficiency of Brio Satya. As a model program that meets the standards LCGC, Brio Satya has also achieved high fuel efficiency and emission levels meet Euro-4 standards. All types Brio Satya come with 5-speed manual transmission.
Brio Satya is available in 6 attractive colors; Taffeta White, Alabaster Silver Metallic, Crystal Black Pearl, Rallye Red, Sunset Orange II, and Polished Metal Metallic.
New Honda Brio Satya is offered with prices for Rp 117 million (Type E), Rp 111 million (Type S), and Rp 106 million (Type A)*.


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Therefore, if you can not be found on the first page of a Google search, your business
is not part of this digital world. Your competitors, who are found on Google, will
get all of the online business AND 62% of all purchases of products and services
that are made offline are influenced by what is seen online (Jupiter Research).
Our aim is to have your business appear on the first page of Google for hundreds
of keyword searches AND improve the "conversion" of your website. However, as a
Google AdWords Premier Partner we must point out that no one can make a position
or placement guarantee. Please see Google's comments about their auction system, specifically
the 'What
to watch out for' section.
If you wish to chat later, fill in the form and we will call you then. There is
no press 1, 2 or 3. We do NOT record the calls for training purposes. We just want
to understand you and your business better so that we may be able to assist you
in your Google AdWords efforts. (PS, click the logos from Google, they let you see
that we know what we are doing).
We look forward to answering your Google AdWords questions.
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|ExpiredEmergency Medicine Institute LIVE 4-Day Conference – Park City, UT
|Wed Dec 06, 2017 - Sat Dec 09, 2017
|Park City, Utah
Event Status: Expired
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Disclaimer: CME4Life reserves the right to cancel any conference within 6 weeks of conference date. Registrants will receive a full refund within 7 business days. CME4Life is not responsible for charges associated with canceled flight or hotel rooms.
Cancellation Policy: Although it is rarely necessary, CME4Life reserves the right to modify speakers and subject matter. CME4Life assumes no liability beyond the refund of the seminar registration fee. In the unlikely event that CME4Life postpones or cancels this conference due to circumstances beyond our control, you will be provided with a refund for the registration fee or you can opt to transfer to another of our live events.